March 1, 1982Psychophysiology
Physical Symptoms Associated with Blood Pressure
Why the study?
Do self-reported physical symptoms correlate with systolic blood pressure fluctuations in normotensive individuals?
Population
30 normotensive undergraduates (15 male and 15 female)
Comparison
Series of 20 tasks and 20 baseline sessions… vs Within-subject baseline sessions
Design
Other
Follow-up
40 measurement periods (each 1-2 min)
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Hypothesis-generating for symptom-based BP tracking; should not yet change clinical practice in normotensives.
Structured PICO
Do self-reported physical symptoms correlate with systolic blood pressure fluctuations in normotensive individuals?
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Population
30 normotensive undergraduates (15 male and 15 female)
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Intervention
Series of 20 tasks and 20 baseline sessions, each lasting 1-2 min, with self-rating of 7 physical symptoms
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Comparator
Within-subject baseline sessions
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Outcome
Correlation between self-rated physical symptoms and systolic blood pressure (SBP) fluctuationssurrogate
Self-reported physical symptoms show significant within-subject correlations with systolic blood pressure fluctuations in normotensive individuals.
Cite This Study
Pennebaker et al. (1982) studied this question.